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• Rapist invites his brother-in-law to join in sex attack - Express.co.uk

  22-09-2015 20:54
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  Rapist invites his brother-in-law to join in sex attack
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  A FATHER who drove around at night hunting for victims raped a stranded 17-year-old girl, then telephoned his brother-in-law so that he could assault her too. By Paul Jeeves. PUBLISHED: 19:41, Tue, Sep 22, 2015 | UPDATED: 19:53, Tue, Sep 22, 2015.
  

• Westminster paedophile ring inquiry on verge of collapse, claims Harvey Proctor

  22-09-2015 20:12
  
  Former Tory MP, who has been questioned twice over allegations, believes Met has failed to establish any substantial evidenceA former Conservative MP who has been questioned by detectives over his alleged involvement in a Westminster paedophile ring has claimed that Scotland Yard was preparing an “exit strategy” from the inquiry after failing to establish any substantial evidence.Harvey Proctor has been interviewed twice by detectives from Operation Midland after being accused by a s
  
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• Woman awarded £184000 in UK's first caste discrimination case - The Guardian

  22-09-2015 20:10
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  Woman awarded £184000 in UK's first caste discrimination case
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  A woman recruited from India to work in Britain and paid as little as 11p an hour has been awarded nearly £184,000 compensation in one of the UK's first claims of caste discrimination. Permila Tirkey, from Bihar – one of India's poorest states - was ...en meer »
  

• Woman awarded £184,000 in UK's first caste discrimination case

  22-09-2015 20:10
  
  Permila Tirkey, from Bihar in India, was paid as little as 11p an hour and was forced to work 18 hour days by her employersA woman recruited from India to work in Britain and paid as little as 11p an hour has been awarded nearly £184,000 compensation in one of the UK’s first claims of caste discrimination.Permila Tirkey, from Bihar – one of India’s poorest states - was kept in domestic servitude by her employers in Milton Keynes and forced to work as their cleaner and nan
  
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• Peta sues to give copyright for 'monkey selfies' to macaque who snapped them

  22-09-2015 18:27
  
  Animal rights group contends six-year-old Naruto should receive all proceeds from photos for the benefit of crested macaques living in reserve in IndonesiaA macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday.The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).
  
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• Should national security ever trump the right to a fair trial? | Joshua Rozenberg

  22-09-2015 18:04
  
  A ruling on whether ‘secret’ evidence from convicted murderer Wang Yam can be heard at the European court of human rights has far wider significanceCan a man who says he was unfairly convicted of murder be prevented from forwarding secret evidence to the European court of human rights? Would disclosure to the Strasbourg court damage the UK’s national security? These are some of the questions that the UK supreme court will consider at a keenly awaited hearing in the autumn. Rela
  
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• Gallagher-Appleton divorce triggers dispute over family court reporting

  22-09-2015 17:48
  
  An application to lift reporting restrictions on the proceedings between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton is being strongly resistedThe courtroom divorce battle between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton has triggered a landmark legal dispute over what can be reported in the public’s interest from the family courts.Both the former Oasis frontman and the All Saints singer, the high court has been told, are opposed to the lifting of reporting restrictions about their matrimonial dispute. C
  
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• Lady Gaga’s right – sexual assault is too common at universities. But help is at hand | Ione Wells

  22-09-2015 16:50
  
  If you have ever been subjected to sexual assault, there is no ‘correct’ way to get help, but here are the options available to youOver the next few weeks, many young people will be packing up for university for the first time. The train tickets are bought, the freshers’ Facebook groups have been joined. This can be a nerve-racking experience at the best of times and I vividly remember my own concerns when I set off to university for the first time: “Will I make any frien
  
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• Legal battle rages over whether bridge is a sport

  22-09-2015 15:56
  
  High court hears from English Bridge Union, which says card game should have same status as chess, shooting and fishing, under tax and sporting lawsIf it’s all in the mind, then it’s just not sport. That was the claim made by funding body Sport England as a legal battle got under way in London that could redefine the genteel trick-taking card game bridge. The English Bridge Union is challenging the lawfulness of Sport England’s refusal to recognise bridge as a sport because it
  
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• Labour makes fresh pledge to review legal aid reforms

  22-09-2015 14:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked former junior minister Lord Bach to lead the latest review.
  
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• Which Financial Law Specialism Pays The Most In The UK? - ValueWalk

  22-09-2015 14:17
  Which Financial Law Specialism Pays The Most In The UK?
  ValueWalk
  Those considering a career in law should look at the following analysis of average salaries across different legal specialisms. Salary benchmarking site Emolument.com analyzed data from 266 UK Associates with less than 5 years' experience in their ...
  

• Joint enterprise law criminalises young, black men. It urgently needs reform

  22-09-2015 14:00
  
  The supreme court challenge to joint enterprise is overdue. Black and minority ethnic young people have too often been found guilty by associationThe supreme court is next month to consider radically reforming the law of joint enterprise, after claims that it drags innocent people into the criminal justice system and excessively punishes those on the periphery of violent crime.We all accept that under criminal law offenders are liable for their own actions. But under the doctrine of joint enterp
  
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• Rush for gender balance could ‘destroy’ judiciary, claims Sumption

  22-09-2015 13:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court judge says equality at top needs to happen naturally to avoid deterring men from the legal profession.
  
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• Don't rush gender equality in UK legal profession, says supreme court judge

  22-09-2015 12:32
  
  Lord Sumption says pro-women bias could put off talented male candidates and suggests female lawyers are less willing to accept long hoursOne of Britain’s most senior judges has cautioned against rushing to put more women in senior judicial positions, saying such a move could put off talented male candidates and destroy the delicate balance of the legal system.Jonathan Sumption, a supreme court judge who was one of the country’s best-paid and most celebrated barristers, suggested it
  
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• Don't rush gender equality in UK judiciary, says supreme court judge

  22-09-2015 12:32
  
  Lord Sumption says pro-women bias could put off talented male candidates and suggests female lawyers are less willing to accept long hoursOne of Britain’s most senior judges has cautioned against rushing to put more women in senior judicial positions, saying such a move could put off talented male candidates and destroy the delicate balance of the legal system.Jonathan Sumption, a supreme court judge who was one of the country’s best-paid and most celebrated barristers, suggested it
  
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• Osborne 'must raise human rights abuse' on visit to volatile Chinese region

  22-09-2015 11:45
  
  Activists call on UK chancellor to speak out during Xinjiang visit and warn ‘you can’t do deals with abusive government without being complicit’George Osborne risks becoming a Communist party propaganda tool if he travels to China’s violence-stricken north-west and fails to raise concerns over the “severe and striking” human rights crisis unfolding there, activists have warned.
  The British chancellor is due to fly to Xinjiang, a volatile region near China&rsqu
  
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• Meet the human rights lawyers challenging big corporations

  22-09-2015 09:00
  
  Lawyers willing to take on powerful companies are hard to find, so the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has put together a global directoryI have spent the last year speaking to lawyers working at a grassroots level all over the world to understand their experience of protecting the vulnerable from corporate abuse.Related: Terry Collingsworth: the globe-trotting human rights lawyer taking on Nestlé and ExxonMobilContinue reading...
  
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• 'It's a noble struggle': the human rights lawyers taking on big corporations

  22-09-2015 09:00
  
  Lawyers willing to take on powerful companies are hard to find, so the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has put together a global directoryI have spent the last year speaking to lawyers working at a grassroots level all over the world to understand their experience of protecting the vulnerable from corporate abuse.Related: Terry Collingsworth: the globe-trotting human rights lawyer taking on Nestlé and ExxonMobilContinue reading...
  
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• Palm Island riots trial: many unaware why they were being questioned

  22-09-2015 08:54
  
  Indigenous legal officer tells court she heard the ‘thumping’ of feet outside her house and later tried to give legal advice from a fence outside police barracksA Palm Island woman has described seeing police with helmets, shields and a dog marching past her driveway after riots were sparked by a death in custody.Andrea Sailor, who was a field officer with an Indigenous legal service at the time of the riots in 2004, gave evidence on day two of a trial to determine whether the action
  
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